Ernesto — The Bandit Character Profile

About Ernesto

A returning Italian POW in post-WWII Turin. After failing to secure honest employment amid rampant bureaucracy, he is drawn into crime following his sister's death and a violent confrontation with her pimp, eventually joining Lidia's gang.

Ernesto — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Amedeo Nazzari

Appears in

The Bandit (1946)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (1)

• Ernesto — Romantic Seductive Connection — Lidia (Anna Magnani)

  A dangerous attraction that pulls Ernesto away from his previous life.

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• Mirko (Mino Doro)
• Tecla, the mistress (Thea Aimaretti)
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• Andrea (Folco Lulli)
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